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Of course the actual solution is to get rid of US citizenship. In the meantime for things like stocks, can you use a mailbox address or get someone to let you u
by skinnymuch 5y ago
Of course the actual solution is to get rid of US citizenship. In the meantime for things like stocks, can you use a mailbox address or get someone to let you use their address? You’d need some sort of documents to be linked to the address for manual verification if denied automatic acceptance by any platform.
It’s annoying but possible. If you don’t have any one you can try this with in the US, it’s a long shot, but m I wouldn’t mind helping out. You can see my bio on HN and from there you can see I use my real identity. To help with initial trust.
- BayAreaEscapee 5y agoI'm not the parent, but I'm an American who has been living abroad for ten years. The banks know where the commercial mailing/forwarding services are. They somehow keep a database of them. They're fine with you using a mail forwarding service as a mailing address, but they will want to see a residential address where you live. If you can't show a residential address in the United States, banks and brokers can and will freeze or close your account. I've learned my lesson. Pro tip: never tell the banks that you're living abroad. You're always taking an extended vacation. And always have a trusted friend or family member whose residential address you can use in the United States even if all your physical mail gets sent to your mail forwarding service.
- skinnymuch 5y agoYeah I assumed as much with the mail forwarding sort of places. So yeah the solution is like you said in the last paragraph.
- bingohbangoh 5y agoDoesn't saying that to a bank hurt your chances of claiming the Foreign Income Tax Credit? To my (very) limited understanding, the IRS will use any means to say that you don't quality for this. This includes not closing out old driver's licenses, failing to submit mailing address changes, etc.